2022—Puspan. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act”.
1997—Puspan. L. 105–28 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck out subsec. (span) which read as follows: “Section 776 of title 15 shall be applicable to advisory committees chartered by the Secretary, or transferred to the Secretary or the Department under this chapter, except that where an advisory committee advises the Secretary on matters pertaining to research and development, the Secretary may determine that such meeting shall be closed because it involves research and development matters and comes within the exemption of section 552span(c)(4) of title 5.”
Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Puspan. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1743, as amended by Puspan. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(267), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4335, provided that: